D defs.my
Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Tatter

/tăt'-ẽr/ · Tat·ter · IPA /ˈtætə(ɹ)/
01 n. One who makes tatting.
  1. 1.
    One who makes tatting.
02 n. A rag, or a part torn and hanging; -- chiefly used in the plural.
  1. 1.
    A rag, or a part torn and hanging; -- chiefly used in the plural.
    “Tear a passion to tatters, to very rags.” Shak.
03 v. t. To rend or tear into rags; -- used chiefly in the past participle as an adjective.
p. p. Tattered
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    To rend or tear into rags; -- used chiefly in the past participle as an adjective.
    “Where waved the tattered ensigns of Ragfair.” Pope.